I'll have to make this short and sweet today and I'll tell you why. Well, I'll show you first.
A little, bitty, 8 week old adorable tyrant named Pepper has moved in. She wants to snuggle, she wants me to play with her like her litter mates used to, she wants to climb up me. She makes it tough to get much accomplished, but she makes my heart happy.
Luckily before we got Pepper I managed to work on and complete a buffet. Remember this 1930's era buffet?
She was so, so sad. Her top veneer was totally wrecked, well, really all of of her veneer was a total mess. Some of her trim pieces were missing. The drawer glides were so worn down that the drawers no longer lined up well enough to close correctly. But what was there had such pretty detail. I imagine this once was a stunning piece. So, we reworked the glides, patched the veneer, sanded a lot, used Kwik Wood to replace a couple of missing swirls. Thank you Annie Sloan for Chalk Paint! Here she is today,
in all her Duck Egg/Old White loveliness. We decided to celebrate her imperfections and pretty much used 1 coat of duck egg so we could distress her quite a bit. The top was no longer stainable so it got the same treatment. I love the contrast on the details.
Duck Egg is absolutely one of my favorite colors. This piece will be for sale at the Prairie Pickers & Peddlers Market here in Omaha.
I'm hoping she appeals to someone, but if not she sure is appealing to me.
Have a super week! I'm off to snuggle little Pepper for a bit!
Deb
Linking to:
http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/2011/09/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-link_22.html
http://redoux.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-redoux-link-up-party-22-and-les.html
